Account structure report is one of the popular report formats in v13 of the AdWords API. This report allows you to download all the account attributes in a single report without performance details. A common use of account structure reports is to sync a local database against the AdWords server without using more expensive get)( API calls. Despite being a useful report format, account structure report is a specialized report format available only through the AdWords API.

We'll be performing routine system maintenance on Thursday, May 13th from approximately 6:00pm to 6:30pm PDT. You won't be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. While, AdWords system maintenance typically occurs on the second Saturday of each month, this update was delayed due to the Mother's Day holiday in the U.S. last weekend. We apologize for the late notice. Best, - Eric Koleda,

In our previous blog post , we discussed how v2009 error handling works in synchronous APIs. In this blog post, we cover asynchronous error handling in BulkMutateJobService . If you are new to BulkMutateJobService, check out our introductory blog post and code.google.com article . Due to its asynchronous nature, error handling in BulkMutateJobService is slightly different than in other services. Instead of throwing an ApiError object,

Per our announcement six months ago, and our reminders over the last 100 days , today we're sunsetting the following v13 services: CampaignService AdGroupService CriterionService AdService InfoService KeywordToolService SiteSuggestionService If you're still using any of these services, you'll start to see your calls fail with error code 213. Migrate to the v200909 version of the API to avoid failed calls.

While making AdWords API calls, a common task that you have to perform as a developer is to ensure that the SOAP requests you make to the server are valid. This includes validation in terms of parameters required for an API call, as well as ensuring that your ads and criteria are in accordance with Adwords policies. AdWords API v200909 introduces a new RequestHeader field named validateOnly to help you validate your API calls. While making an API call in AdWords API v200909,

Last month we reminded you that on April 22 most v13 services will be turned off. In 60 days, the following v13 services will no longer be accessible: CampaignService AdGroupService CriterionService AdService InfoService KeywordToolService SiteSuggestionService These three v13 services will continue to be accessible until the same functionality is available in the new AdWords API later this year: AccountService TrafficEstimatorService ReportService Don't worry,

Location, location, location: so goes the mantra of the real estate business. Although, in this constantly connected world where people are carrying Internet-enabled mobile devices more and more, location is important to every retail business. Often, users are looking for the closest provider of a service or a product, rather than your specific business. So how can you get your business on the map? In the past, we had an entirely separate ad type: the Local Business Ad )LBA(.

We know the holiday season is a busy time for you and often means a number of updates to your campaigns. We'd once again like to help out by providing you with more API units. Starting now and extending through January 15th of next year, all developers will receive a bonus of 20% more API units at no additional cost. Developers can purchase API units at the rate of 1250/$0.25, up from 1000/$0.25, from now through January 15th, 2009.

We're happy to announce the newest version of AdWords API v2009 beta! v200909 introduces several new features to the AdWords API; we've highlighted the main points below. For a complete list of the changes in v200909, please see our release notes . v200909 Highlights Asynchronous calls - Asynchronous calls allow you to work with large sets of data faster and more easily. Instead of having to wait for our system to fully complete your request before you can make another one,

We'll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, October 10th from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PDT. You won't be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. Best, -Eric Koleda,

We'll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, August 8 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PDT. You won't be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. Best, -Eric Koleda,

Most of you have probably heard about Google App Engine , which lets you write web applications that run on Google's infrastructure. But did you know that the code which you develop using the AdWords API can be easily hosted on App Engine, thus making it many times easier to build, maintain, and scale your application as your traffic grows? Today,

We'll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, February 21 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won't be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. Cheers, -Jeffrey Posnick,

We, at the AdWords API Team, are often asked questions such as " Where have all my units gone?" and " How many API units has a particular account used in the last month?" Luckily, we have supplied you with a great set of tools with InfoService to answer these questions. In this blog post, we'll talk about some basic uses of this service, as well as some caveats that can be solved using some more advanced techniques.

The AdWords API team has been hard at work on some big improvements for 2009 that we're very excited to bring you. Although we're still working on the details, we wanted to give you a preview so you can plan your programming resources accordingly. These fundamental changes will offer you some major advantages,

We'll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, January 10 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PST. You won't be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. Cheers, -Jeffrey Posnick,

We're happy to announce the release of the AdWords API version 13 )v13(! V13 introduces several changes to the AdWords API; we've highlighted the main points below. For a complete list of v13 changes, please see our release notes . V13 Highlights New geotargeting options: Target multiple geographic levels )countries, regions, metro areas, and cities( within a single campaign, target specific regions of multiple countries in a single campaign,

Welcome to part 5 of the series of posts that will give tips and tricks on how to deal with SOAP issues. As a SOAP-based web service, AdWords API can be easy to make calls to. At the same time, it can sometimes be difficult to debug the SOAP faults. In our previous episode , we discussed SOAP errors related to failed validations. Today we'll discuss SOAP errors related to syncing errors and concurrent changes . You can find links to our earlier posts here: Part 1 , Part 2 ,

We'll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, September 13 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PDT. You won't be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal. Cheers, -Jeffrey Posnick,

Cutting API calories from your app One of the questions we often get asked by developers is how to spend fewer API units; if you're not careful, you might end up wasting a lot unnecessarily. Thankfully, you should be able to curb your software's appetite with a few simple suggestions: - Two ways to get there Do you run a lot of campaigns across your client accounts? If so,